Wednesday, January 17, 2007

RandomKnitty

BodyBruise = very deep purple, arnica slathered (thanks Kat). With all those comments, I Felt The Love.Sinuses & Lungs = congested, infected, loud, raspy, medicated.On the NeedlesRed Scarf Project = not secret, but not yet blogged. Yet 2/3 finished.in the Besotted pattern = much love and adoration.in KnitPicks Swish Superwash = nice, but a bit splitty, especially when frogged. A Knitter's Mad LibsIt was a sassy day. I decided to stay in doors and work on my A Cardigan For Arwen. Oh Shit! This pattern is green! I have been hardly knitting this 4 days now. It's going carefully. What a wagon! I decided to move on and work on my bra. That is a much tighter knit. Only when I was knitting, I made a hose. Now it looks like a drug instead of a bra. I'm so loud. I guess I'll have to frog and skip it again. Those are the perils of running.*source: Knotty Bits

Knitastrophe

This photo was taken a couple weeks ago after our first real snow. Little Man is such a good helper, and this is our basic weekend M.O.: I pick a household project and Little Man helps me. At some point he'll realize this is a racket. But for now, I get some companionship and a little assistance.

However ... hold your breath ... this is the last time my Celtic Cable Cap was seen in the wild. I know. I know. It's hard to fathom. It's a travesty of knitterly justice. Perhaps I lost it. Or perhaps the felting monster made a wee mistake, was too terrified to fess up and shoved the offending piece deep in the trash underneath some old oatmeal. Or perhaps I lost it. I probably lost it. [frown]

The Lesser KnitsWith my hat missing and temperatures dipping into the single digits on my ass-crack-of-dawn walk to the train, I broke down and wore in public the formerly beautiful hat that my deceased MIL made for me (now irrevocably stretched out) and the first pair of mittens I ever made. Oh the shame.

I can sympathize...My first sweater will only be a camping sweater. It can really only be at home with the trees. I also have more recent knits that I can wear in public, but I would never wear into my LYS.

I won't wear the first mittens I ever made. They are the third or fourth thing that I knit. One is bigger than the other and they are made of ... 100% squeaky ack-rylic. I leave them in my trunk as emergency wear...